Literature Review
- Research Writing
- Literature Review
- What is a Literature Review?
- What are the different (Three) Phases of Literature Review?
- What are the different steps and strategies followed while writing a Literature review?
- Moves in the Literature review (Structure) – Schematic Structure
- What are the different Standards for doctoral literature reviews (Boote and Beile, 2005)
- How to Read, Summarize, and critique previous studies (Seliger and Shohamy, 1989)
- A Checklist to ensure as to whether a piece of writing is academic or not
- Important factors to consider when evaluating a reference for an academic article / dissertation
- How to organize your literature review and the critics from examiners for your literature review
What are the different steps and strategies followed while writing a Literature review?
| Steps | Strategies |
| Locate or identify relevant literature | Key authors and journals have to be identified
Use Google Scholar Use state of the art articles Use Computerized searches Scan tables of content from key journals Use reference lists from articles, chapters and books Read primary sources Avoid the popular press |
| Read the literature critically | Themes of the literature have to be identified
In all individual articles need to identify their strengths and weakness As a whole, you need to identify their strengths and weakness Photocopies of the articles has to be collected |
| Prepare to write | Investigate the expected length and format of the literature review
Make a preliminary outline Organize the literature you will cover Limit the scope of the review to the topic at hand |
| Write the review | Write the introduction
Write subsections Use transition markets and meta text Synthesise and critically evaluate the literature Be careful not to plagiarise Practice summarising and paraphrasing actives |
| Indicate | Use the review to lead to your study and research question/s |